Surf break
Beacons
Beacons is a reef break in Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll, Maldives.
A physical surf break — not a bookable product. See surfing activities below for operators running lessons or trips here.
- Break type
- Reef break
- Atoll
- Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll
- Wave characteristics
- Described by local accounts as the most powerful and dangerous surf spot in the region: a grinding right-hander with a solid barrel on a good southwest swell, breaking hard over very shallow, sharp coral with little margin for error (bluestarsurfaris.com, dreamingofmaldives.com). One summary labels it 'expert only', which was not carried into the difficulty field since it doesn't map cleanly onto this dataset's beginner/intermediate/advanced/all_levels scale -- kept instead as a direct hedge here.
- Season
- Falls within the general Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll surf season, given by blue-horizon.com.mv as best 'early March-April and later October-November'.
- Access
- Located on the southwest part of Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll; reached via surf charter/boat trip.